Record Number: 14145

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Of course I read a great deal. I still continue my studies of French historical development. I have the best new book there is; ?The Development of Modern France? (1870 ? 1939) by D W Brogan, Fellow of Peterhouse and professor of Political Science in the University of Cambridge. It is a great book, and I am learning about many people who were formerly just streets to me. Remember rue Albert de Mun, I now find Albert to have been quite a sizeable person. You remember I expressed in my last letter my dislike of Clemenceau as biographed by L?on Daudet. Such mention as I find of him in this book up to the moment, (?L?Affaire?) still seem to make him pretty dingy, as Harold would say I shall have to read it several times, (the book I mean). For light relief I have Edna Ferber?s autobiography ?A Peculiar Treasure?. It is specially worth while, a plain straight record of a real hard worker, thrilled with her job, and wanting nothing else. She has written the book stressing always that she is a Jew and this gives of course, an added interest to the work. If it comes your way, its worth reading.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1941 and 31 Mar 1941

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Birkenhead

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Winifred Agnes Moore

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1877

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Teacher and Labour Councilor

Religion:

Quaker

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

nee Booth

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edna Ferber

Title:

A Peculiar Treasure

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14145

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Winifred Agnes Moore [nee Booth]

Title:

MS Letters from Winifred Moore, 1928-1941

Location:

private collection

Call No:

March 1941

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Letter to her son, Gerald Moore, dated March, 1941.

Citation:

Winifred Agnes Moore [nee Booth], MS Letters from Winifred Moore, 1928-1941, private collection, March 1941, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14145, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

This material copyright Shirley Gould Smith and Andrew Neill Vanson Moore.